Town midfielder Grant Leadbitter is walking a disciplinary tightrope having picked up his ninth booking of the season at Scunthorpe on Tuesday.

The former Sunderland man will face a two-match ban effective immediately if he is yellow-carded again before the second Sunday in April. Earlier in the season, the 24-year-old missed the game at Crystal Palace having amassed five cautions.

At the start of the season, the FA amended their rules regarding the deadline for suspensions for five bookings. The cut-off date is now the end of December rather than the end of February.

David Norris is currently on four bookings but a fifth on Saturday would not see him face the ban he would have received last season.

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squiz added 12:47 - Feb 25 Looks like he will be banned then, cant see him going 11 games without a booking ! We will miss him as he has been arguably our best player this season.
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ItfcFtw added 12:55 - Feb 25 Goood old Grant!!
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dubblue added 13:01 - Feb 25 How did Norris pick up so many bookings? He's not back from injury that long! Hopefully if the 2 do pick up bans it's not at the same time.
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Billy_Whizz added 13:04 - Feb 25 Norris was getting 1 a game - looks like we'll only miss 1 at a time not both together. Think the impending ban to Leadbitter is why Garvan's appearances have stopped of late!
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BluJu added 13:14 - Feb 25 Crikey squiz, what next, mourning people who aren't yet dead?
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squiz added 13:18 - Feb 25 RIP BluJu ;)
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Lightningboy added 13:35 - Feb 25 Great little player but could do with channeling his agression into scoring a few more goals.
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Bergholtblue added 15:01 - Feb 25 Easily the pick of RK's signings this year, but as long as Norris is available, surely we have enough cover not to miss him for one match? Great work ethic and not short of talent but I would like to see him get into the box a bit more.
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BlueCSA added 16:21 - Feb 25 Yep easily Keano's best signing but we need to gag him during games. I think more than half his bookings have been for dissent!
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runaround added 17:48 - Feb 25 Guess its all part of his game but he does seem to get booked rather too much for opening his gob. We will just have to make do when he does get suspended, it will be a big miss as he is a very important player for us but players getting suspended happens to all teams all season. Rather that than him getting injured! Good to see that the 5 yellows period is now passed and i dont think any other of our players are nearing 10 bookings although someone else may know different?

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jas0999 added 18:22 - Feb 25 He'll be banned. Still I would be disapointed if our tackling play maker in midfield was NOT getting booked. Shows his desire and players like that will always get booked. A very good RK signing
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bennyblue added 06:29 - Feb 26 tightbitter walking leadrope
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bennyblue added 06:37 - Feb 26 tightwalk leading bitterrope
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bennyblue added 06:41 - Feb 26 right dope leading leading bitter team
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bennyblue added 06:42 - Feb 26 the truth is always hidden in the headlines
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stinkiusminkius added 11:06 - Feb 26 But on the positive side, if / when he is banned it will mean keane will be forced to try someone else for taking set pieces which isn't a bad thing.
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